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What you say when someone has just told you something.
serio
particle · adverb
- EN
- seriously, for real
- RU
- серьёзно, на полном серьёзе
Mówię serio, to nie żart.
I'm serious, it's not a joke.
Works as both question and answer, complete in itself: Serio? — Serio.
szkoda
predicative · interjection
- EN
- a pity, too bad
- RU
- жаль, жалко
Szkoda, że nie możesz przyjść.
It's a pity you can't come.
Predicative — no verb needed. The most common expression of regret in the language.
podobno
adverb
- EN
- apparently, supposedly
- RU
- говорят, якобы
Podobno jutro będzie padać.
Apparently it's going to rain tomorrow.
Marks hearsay explicitly, the way якобы does — but without якобы's scepticism.
naprawdę
adverb
- EN
- really, truly
- RU
- действительно, правда
Naprawdę mi przykro z tego powodu.
I'm truly sorry about that.
Literally 'in truth'. Naprawdę? on its own is the standard expression of surprise.
czaić
verb · imperfective, colloquial
- EN
- to get it, to catch on
- RU
- врубаться, понимать
Czaisz, o co mi chodzi?
Do you get what I mean?
Slang. The reflexive czaić się keeps the original meaning — to lurk, to lie in wait.
kumpel
noun · masculine
- EN
- buddy, mate
- RU
- приятель, кореш
To jest mój najlepszy kumpel z pracy.
That's my best mate from work.
Sits between kolega and przyjaciel. A real friend, but not the one you call at 3am.
lipa
noun · feminine, colloquial
- EN
- a letdown, a sham
- RU
- фигня, лажа
Ten koncert to była kompletna lipa.
That concert was a total letdown.
Literally a linden tree. Nobody agrees why it came to mean a dud, and everybody uses it.
fajrant
noun · masculine, colloquial
- EN
- quitting time, end of the workday
- RU
- конец рабочего дня, шабаш
Mamy dziś wcześniejszy fajrant.
We're finishing early today.
From German Feierabend. An industrial-era borrowing, still standard on any building site.
martwić się
verb · reflexive, imperfective, + o + acc.
- EN
- to worry about
- RU
- беспокоиться, волноваться
Nie martw się o mnie, dam sobie radę.
Don't worry about me, I'll manage.
Takes o + accusative. Nie martw się is the standard reassurance, and dam sobie radę the standard reply.
w razie czego
phrase
- EN
- just in case, if anything comes up
- RU
- на всякий случай, если что
Zadzwoń do mnie w razie czego.
Call me if anything comes up.
Fixed phrase with the genitive frozen in. The exact counterpart of если что.
Drill these ten · earlier morning · later morning
Drill these ten